Physical Activity and Mortality Risk in the Japanese Elderly. A Cohort Study

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 410-418

  Ueshima, Kazumune ^a   Ishikawa Takata, Kazuko ^b   Yorifuji, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Etsuji ^a   Kashima, Saori ^a   Takao, Soshi ^a   Sugiyama, Masumi ^c   Ohta, Toshiki ^d   Doi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^c Tobu Child Support Center of Shizuoka Prefecture   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEISURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77949474532     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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